The Upaniṣads / Kaṭha / 3.8 He reaches it
3.8
यस् तु विज्ञानवान् भवति समनस्कः सदा शुचिः ।
स तु तत् पदमाप्नोति यस्माद् भूयो न जायते yas tu vijñānavān bhavati samanaskaḥ sadā śuciḥ |
sa tu tat padam āpnoti yasmād bhūyo na jāyate
The line
Whoever has understanding, his mind at work, always pure: he reaches that station, from which he is not born again.
नेपालीमा
जसलाई बुझाइ छ, मन लगाएको, सधैँ शुद्ध, ऊ त्यो स्थानमा पुग्छ जहाँबाट ऊ फेरि जन्मदैन।
Where it sits
Birth again was the grain of 1.6. 3.9 names the driver and the reins together and calls the station Viṣṇu (विष्णु)'s highest step.
Split: yaḥ tu vijñānavān (यः तु विज्ञानवान्) + bhavati (भवति) + samanaskaḥ (समनस्कः) + sadā śuciḥ (सदा शुचिः) + saḥ tu (सः तु) + tat padam āpnoti (तत् पदमाप्नोति) + yasmāt (यस्मात्) + bhūyaḥ (भूयः) + na jāyate (न जायते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yaḥ tu vijñānavān (यः तु विज्ञानवान्) | nominative singular, masculine | Whoever has understanding. |
| bhavati (भवति) | present, third person singular | He is. |
| samanaskaḥ (समनस्कः) | nominative singular, masculine | With his mind at work. |
| sadā śuciḥ (सदा शुचिः) | nominative singular, masculine | Always pure. |
| saḥ tu (सः तु) | nominative singular, masculine | He. Heard sa tu (स तु). |
| tat padam āpnoti (तत् पदमाप्नोति) | he reaches that station | The opposite of 3.7. |
| yasmāt (यस्मात्) | ablative singular, neuter | From which. After which. Heard yasmād (यस्माद्). |
| bhūyaḥ (भूयः) | indeclinable | Again. Heard bhūyo (भूयो). |
| na jāyate (न जायते) | he is not born | Present, passive, of jan (जन्). |
The phrases
He reaches the station from which there is no birth again.
Sanskrit in this line
Yasmāt bhūyaḥ (यस्मात् भूयः) is yasmād bhūyo (यस्माद् भूयो). A final t (त्) before a voiced sound is heard as d (द्), and the visarga of bhūyaḥ (भूयः) before na (न) is heard as o (ओ).
Say it back
Say what does not happen once he has reached it.